W. Earl Brown
Acting • Born 1963-09-07
Biography
William Earl Brown (born September 7, 1963) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, musician, and songwriter. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Kenny in the film Scream (1996), Warren in the film There's Something About Mary (1998), Dan Dority on the HBO series Deadwood (2004–2006), and the voice and motion capture of Bill in the video game The Last of Us (2013). He has appeared in films such as Backdraft, The Master, Being John Malkovich, The Sessions, Vanilla Sky, The Lone Ranger, and Bloodworth (which he also wrote and produced), as well as series such as Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, C.S.I., C.S.I. Miami, The X-Files, Six Feet Under, Preacher, Bates Motel, True Detective, American Horror Story, Chicago Fire, and The Mandalorian.
Filmography
120 credits
There's Something About Mary
Movie • 1998
Warren Jensen
Scream
Movie • 1996
Kenny Brown
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
Movie • 2001
Bobby
Wiseguy
Movie • 1996
Dubois
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Movie • 1994
Morgue Attendant
Killer Diller
Movie • 2004
Holister
The Big White
Movie • 2005
Jimbo
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Movie • 2003
Bucky from Kentucky
Scream: The Inside Story
Movie • 2011
Self
Rookie of the Year
Movie • 1993
Billy Frick
The Unforgivable
Movie • 2021
Mac Whelan
Shirley
Movie • 2024
George Wallace
Chasing Ghosts
Movie • 2014
Roger Simons
Sugar & Spice
Movie • 2001
Hank 'Terminator' Rogers
Excessive Force
Movie • 1993
Vinnie DiMarco
Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back
Movie • 2000
Meat Loaf
The Lone Ranger
Movie • 2013
Mustached Ranger
The Sessions
Movie • 2012
Rod
The Master
Movie • 2012
Fighting Businessman
A Single Shot
Movie • 2013
Puffy
Draft Day
Movie • 2014
Ralph Mowry
Brother's Keeper
Movie • 2013
Turner Monroe
Dead Air
Movie • 1994
Ken
The Sixth Gun
Movie • 2013
General Oliander Hume
Beneath the Harvest Sky
Movie • 2013
Roger Cyr
Wild
Movie • 2014
Frank
Pickin' and Grinnin'
Movie • 2010
Parson
Without Evidence
Movie • 1995
Grace
Deep Impact
Movie • 1998
McCloud (uncredited)
Black Mass
Movie • 2015
John Martorano
The Dead Don't Hurt
Movie • 2024
Alan Kendall
Lost Souls
Movie • 2000
William Kelson
The Woman Who Loved Elvis
Movie • 1993
Pete
Being John Malkovich
Movie • 1999
First J.M. Inc. Customer
Spaceman
Movie • 2016
Dick Dennis
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
Movie • 2011
Self
The Cherokee Kid
Movie • 1996
Calloway
The Last Shot
Movie • 2004
Willie Gratzo
Red Blooded
Movie
Deputy Joe Paul
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
Movie • 2010
Matthew
The Babe
Movie • 1992
Herb Pennock
The Legend of 420
Movie • 2017
Himself
Bella Mafia
Movie • 1997
Fredrico Luciano
Bloodworth
Movie • 2010
Brady Bloodworth
Project: ALF
Movie • 1996
Ernie
Grounded: Making The Last of Us
Movie • 2013
Self
Vanilla Sky
Movie • 2001
Barman
Alice in Chains: AIC 23
Movie • 2013
Alan Poole McLard
A Season in Purgatory
Movie • 1996
Fatty Malloy
Deadwood: The Movie
Movie • 2019
Dan Dority
The Highwaymen
Movie • 2019
Ivy Methvin
Vampire in Brooklyn
Movie • 1995
Thrasher
American Sausage Standoff
Movie • 2021
Jimmy Jerry Lee Jones Jr.
Dunsmore
Movie • 2003
Ronny Roy Pritcher
I Lost My Mother's Ashes
Movie • 2019
Mortician
Backdraft
Movie • 1991
Paramedic
Dad Band
Movie • 2018
Jimbo
Blue-Eyed Butcher
Movie • 2012
Thomas Dean
Kiss the Girls
Movie • 1997
Locksmith
Kids in America
Movie • 2005
Boss McGinn
No Man of God
Movie • 2021
Warden Wilkenson
1%
Movie • 2008
Sailor
Lily in Winter
Movie • 1994
Sheriff Boyd
The Alamo
Movie • 2004
David Burnet
Six Feet Under
TV • 2001
Pete
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Al
Deadwood
TV • 2004
Dan Dority
American Horror Story
TV • 2011
Phil Critter
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Abner Stone
Martial Law
TV • 1998
Larry Gambozza
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Thomas Pickens / Roger Peet
Psych
TV • 2006
Dwayne Tancana
CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
Jesse Kramer
Smart Guy
TV • 1997
Sonny
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Victor Lake
Charmed
TV • 1998
Shadow / Warlock
Angel
TV • 1999
Menlo
Push, Nevada
TV • 2002
Profiler
TV • 1996
Raymond Boudreaux
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Robert M. Fassl
The Mentalist
TV • 2008
Rulon Farnes
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Harry Cram
FreakyLinks
TV • 2000
The Untouchables
TV • 1993
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Slick
Miami Medical
TV • 2010
Paul T. Goldman
TV • 2023
Royce Rocco
The Ghost and Molly McGee
TV • 2021
Lord Doom (voice)
American Crime
TV • 2015
Tom Carlin
Perception
TV • 2012
Frank Prentice
Chicago Fire
TV • 2012
Dave Bloom
Bates Motel
TV • 2013
Keith Summers
Burn Notice
TV • 2007
Zechariah
Wicked City
TV • 2015
Captain Dan Wilkinson
Preacher
TV • 2016
Hugo Root
True Detective
TV • 2014
Detective Teague Dixon
Wolf Lake
TV • 2001
Bruce Cates
The Book of Boba Fett
TV • 2021
Weequay Proprietor
Nowhere Man
TV • 1995
Roy
Rectify
TV • 2013
The Stranger
Superstition
TV • 2017
The Dredge
Justified
TV • 2010
Cal Wallace
Hacks
TV • 2021
Michael
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Dusty Wilton
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Herb Cramer
Archer
TV • 2009
Head Biker (voice)
Roadside Picnic
TV
Buzzard
Hello Tomorrow!
TV • 2023
Big Fred
Longmire
TV • 2012
R.J. Watts
Reprisal
TV • 2019
Witt
Hawthorne
TV • 2009
Mr. Deegan
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Guard
Ellen
TV • 1994
Customer
The Single Guy
TV • 1995
Cabbie
Caroline in the City
TV • 1995
Floyd Gerber
The Mandalorian
TV • 2019
Weequay Proprietor
Yellowstone
TV • 2018
Deputy Spears
Sheriff Country
TV • 2025
Wes
Fire Country
TV • 2022
Wes Fox
A Season in Purgatory
TV • 1996
Fatty Malloy